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John S and James L Knight Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$148M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
513
Grants FY2024
300
Organizations funded FY2023
26%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$85,300
Largest grant, FY2024
$5,000,000
Organizations funded a year
300 to 437
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
34
Total assets, FY2024
$2.5B
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 26% of the organizations John S and James L Knight Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesPublic BenefitPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving390$121M40%
FY2023300$103M26%
FY2022308$90M36%
FY2020363$87M34%
FY2019365$81M39%
FY2018407$66M51%
FY2017437$70Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$229MEducation$172MPhilanthropy$145MCommunity Improvement$73MPublic Benefit$63MEnvironment$16MScience & Tech$15MHealth$12MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The University of Akron Foundation$12,319,000472%
University of Miami$10,853,02570%
Foundation for Detroit's Future$10,507,50079%
Georgetown University$8,571,87760%
The Int'L Center for Journalists Inc$8,504,560745%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$7,643,0697n/a
The Pew Charitable Trusts$7,600,00071%
The Groundtruth Project Inc$7,050,000719%
Florida International University Foundation Inc$6,790,87565%
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Asset Fund of Tpf$6,718,500314%
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All grantees of John S and James L Knight Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The University of Akron Foundation$12,319,000472%
University of Miami$10,853,02570%
Foundation for Detroit's Future$10,507,50079%
Georgetown University$8,571,87760%
The Int'L Center for Journalists Inc$8,504,560745%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$7,643,0697n/a
The Pew Charitable Trusts$7,600,00071%
The Groundtruth Project Inc$7,050,000719%
Florida International University Foundation Inc$6,790,87565%
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Asset Fund of Tpf$6,718,500314%
Pro Publica Inc$6,354,13373%
Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition$5,909,560530%
Akron Art Museum$5,875,329725%
Institute for Nonprofit News$5,850,873619%
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism Cuny Foundation Inc$5,526,334712%
New York University$5,330,15260%
The Well Community Development Corporation$5,240,000647%
Fairmount Park Conservancy$5,195,000332%
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc$4,975,015616%
Democracy Works Inc$4,850,000520%
Miami Dade College Foundation Inc$4,793,69673%
The George Washington University$4,785,89950%
News Revenue Hub Inc$4,775,000738%
University of Washington Foundation$4,677,93251%
Center for Democracy and Technology$4,312,000517%
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation$4,260,000411%
The News Literacy Project Inc$4,210,000641%
Miami City Ballet Inc$4,195,50075%
Solutions Journalism Network Inc$4,136,942622%
Navicent Health Foundation Inc$4,000,000414%
Data & Society Research Institute Inc$3,952,878615%
New World Symphony Inc$3,921,667710%
National Trust for Local News$3,782,50024%
Jorge M Perez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County Inc$3,696,66674%
Lyrasis$3,624,68733%
The Corporation of Mercer University$3,502,96260%
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$3,440,00061%
Local Media Foundation$3,420,000421%
Motown Historical Musuem Inc$3,250,000317%
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies Inc$3,231,68079%
Carnegie Mellon University$3,177,68270%
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc$3,131,00063%
Institute of Contemporary Art Miami Inc$3,107,60069%
Project Tf$3,080,000428%
Downtown Akron Partnership$2,993,170463%
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc$2,797,50045%
Newtown Macon Inc$2,785,588618%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$2,764,70460%
R Street Institute$2,735,11256%
Open Markets Institute$2,625,000428%
Code for America Labs Inc$2,619,57566%
Codepathorg$2,581,25034%
Techcongress Foundation$2,560,000328%
Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc$2,531,333316%
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$2,518,35550%
Miami-Dade Innovation Authority Inc$2,500,00036%
Newseum Inc$2,490,00014%
Cortico Corporation$2,484,000546%
Indiana University School of Medicine$2,480,0525n/a
Center for Black Innovation Inc$2,373,980670%
The Aspen Institute Inc$2,298,84622%
O Miami Inc$2,257,500699%
Immigrant Legal Resource Center$2,250,00047%
Midtown Detroit Inc$2,250,00069%
Museum of African American History$2,216,30556%
WGBH Educational Foundation$2,211,64730%
Sphinx Organization Inc$2,200,000511%
City of San Jose$2,185,8947n/a
Civic News Company$2,175,000313%
Delaware River Waterfront Corporation$2,150,00043%
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research$2,145,00051%
Spur - San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association$2,129,087611%
Duke University$2,115,00070%
Regents of the University of Michigan$2,111,0545n/a
The Center for Michigan$2,100,000525%
Robert C Maynard Institute for Journalism Education$2,059,000559%
Crisis Text Line Inc$2,058,483328%
Aire Ventures Inc$2,052,000665%
The Detroit Institute of Arts$2,011,24471%
The Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center Inc$2,000,000223%
Develop Detroit Inc$2,000,000225%
Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc$2,000,000227%
Chicago Public Media Inc$2,000,00023%
Social Science Research Council$1,974,71976%
Endeavor Miami Inc$1,900,000629%
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press$1,721,000511%
Yale University$1,703,5285n/a
The Howard University$1,700,00040%
Friends of the Underline Inc$1,560,093552%
CalMatters$1,550,00047%
Citizendetroit Action Group$1,515,000362%
Community Partners$1,510,23043%
Muckrock Foundation Inc$1,510,000435%
Climate Summit Miami Beach Host Committee Inc$1,500,00027%
Sundance Institute$1,500,00032%
Friends of the Bass Museum Inc$1,497,50069%
The New School$1,462,53540%
Ohio Local Informational Intiative Inc$1,450,000219%
Detroit Opera$1,430,00054%
Miami New Drama$1,385,000513%
Artsnow$1,375,000781%
Northwestern University$1,323,10530%
United States Artists Inc$1,303,500411%
Opera Philadelphia$1,284,334410%
Online News Association$1,270,000414%
Locust Projects Inc$1,260,668626%
The Community Hall Foundation Inc Dba Akron Civic Theatre$1,246,000421%
Filmnorth$1,232,565424%
Yale University$1,231,9064n/a
Charlotte Mecklenburg Afro-American Cultural and Service Center Inc$1,229,000731%
The Signals Network Inc$1,227,425335%
Mozilla Foundation$1,222,36225%
The Rhythm Foundation Inc$1,200,000317%
Digital Public Library of America$1,195,792618%
New America Foundation$1,160,00031%
Gehlorg Inc dba Gehl Institute$1,150,000243%
The Playwrights' Center Inc$1,150,000422%
Gablestage Inc$1,125,000327%
Cccp Community Trust$1,113,600244%
College for Creative Studies$1,110,00050%
Cornell University$1,103,27940%
CatchLight$1,090,000320%
New Museum of Contemporary Art$1,059,00042%
Transformca dba Transform$1,008,859516%
Foundation for American Innovation$1,000,000418%
Michigan Central Center for Mobility and Society$1,000,000212%
Storycorps Inc$1,000,00043%
Center for Active Design Inc$1,000,000240%
Invest Detroit Foundation$1,000,00023%
City Bureau Nfp$1,000,000219%
Springboard for the Arts$1,000,000218%
Public Media Venture Group$1,000,000258%
National Faith Homebuyers$1,000,000163%
Northeast Ohio Center for Choreography$997,840437%
The Stephen C Rose Legacy Foundation$977,500640%
San Jose Downtown Association$975,00067%
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Inc$975,000413%
Historic West End Partners Inc$939,000572%
Vanguard Community Development Corporation$934,000243%
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc$934,00012%
The Tiny News Collective Inc$900,000213%
Investigative Reporters & Editors Inc$900,000612%
Candid$881,16641%
Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media$875,00031%
Bakehouse Art Complex Inc$866,017623%
Otis Redding Foundation Inc$865,000623%
Cafa-Third Horizon Inc$861,539571%
San Jose Community Media Access Corporation$850,000318%
Better Block Foundation$811,800268%
Northeastern University$805,51530%
Baptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc$800,00040%
Contemporary Arts Foundation Inc$800,00057%
Summit Metro Parks Foundation$785,000256%
Nu Deco Ensemble Inc$780,000334%
Miami Light Project Inc$770,149638%
The Everglades Foundation Inc$770,00023%
Living Arts Trust Inc Dba O Cinema$760,0002n/a
West Side CLT$755,000645%
Lawfare Institute$745,000334%
The Fountainhead Residency Inc$733,834726%
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy Inc$725,70032%
The Video Consortium Inc$700,000249%
Wesleyan University$693,00050%
The John Bartram Association$687,875323%
The Wilma Theater$683,500211%
University of Oregon Foundation$681,33250%
Philadelphia City Fund Inc$678,87041%
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Inc$666,80034%
Pen American Center Inc$650,00062%
Culturesource$650,00058%
St Thomas University Inc$650,00021%
Museum of Contemporary Art Inc$644,12067%
American Press Institute Inc$639,33054%
Miami Music Project Inc$625,00059%
Public Knowledge$617,50146%
Minnesota Museum of American Art$600,000210%
Bearded Ladies Cabaret$581,400713%
National Academy of Sciences$575,00020%
Trustees of Boston University$575,00040%
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation$565,00024%
Council on Foundations Inc$560,00061%
American Association for the Advancement of Science$550,86550%
National Conference on Citizenship$550,500212%
Ocmulgee National Park & Preserve Initiative Inc$550,001236%
Florida Agricultural & Mechanical Univ Foundation Inc$550,00021%
National Association of City Transportation Officials Inc$523,00038%
Downtown Detroit Partnership Inc$520,00024%
NEO Philanthropy Inc$510,00021%
Tech Integrity Institute$509,000213%
Local Color$506,400451%
Historic Macon Foundation Inc$500,000412%
North End Woodward Community Coalition$500,000283%
Saint Paul Downtown Alliance$500,000118%
Trinity College$500,00010%
Public Media Company$500,000115%
Center for Technology and Civic Life$500,000230%
The Paley Center for Media$500,00041%
The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc$500,00023%
The Anaphiel Foundation Inc$500,000359%
South Florida Art Center Inc$500,000118%
Detroit Economic Growth Association$500,000115%
Rebuild Local News$500,000119%
Student Press Law Center$495,550127%
Military Veterans in Journalism Inc$485,000339%
Miami-Dade North Arts & Humanities$475,000330%
Guadalupe River Park Conservancy$471,660227%
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit$471,48258%
Drexel University$463,73530%
Tilt Institute for the Contemporary Image$451,750514%
United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc$450,00031%
SFMade Inc$450,00059%
Bulk Space$450,000398%
The Center for Public Integrity$450,00043%
Johnson C Smith University$450,00030%
San Jose Museum of Art Association$439,84952%
Johns Hopkins University$433,27720%
Tubman African American Museum Inc$419,325421%
City of Detroit$409,1002n/a
Babson College$404,00020%
Women of Tomorrow Mentor and Scholarship Program Inc$402,090122%
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc$401,44131%
Partnership on Ai to Benefit People and Society$400,00023%
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc$400,00020%
National Public Radio Inc$400,00010%
Museum of the New South Inc$400,000211%
The Conversation US Inc$400,00015%
University Radio Foundation Inc$400,00034%
Texas Tribune Inc$400,00022%
American Academy of Arts & Sciences$393,00042%
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History$392,83421%
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society$381,89221%
American Jewish Committee$377,77030%
School of Arts and Culture at Mhp$376,40044%
Blackstar Projects Inc$375,000432%
Wesleyan College$375,00041%
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace$375,00020%
Museum of Arts & Sciences Inc$375,00075%
Akron Creative Inc$360,000526%
Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa Inc$360,000610%
Prizm Projects Inc$358,762467%
The George W Bush Foundation$356,35020%
Detroit Public Media$350,00031%
Borscht Corp$350,000163%
Shift Design Inc$350,000326%
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College$350,00030%
Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits$350,000216%
Center for Humane Technology$350,00029%
Smart Growth America$349,00024%
City of Philadelphia$347,0004n/a
Meedan Inc$345,00034%
Reconnectrondo$340,000114%
Council on Foreign Relations Inc$340,00050%
University of Nebraska Foundation$339,45140%
The Salt Lake Tribune Inc$335,000283%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$330,00020%
Venture for America Inc$330,00025%
City of Pittsburgh$325,4122n/a
Asian American Journalists Association$325,00054%
Jazzarts Charlotte$325,000522%
The Rebuild Foundation Nfp$325,0001n/a
Macon Arts Alliance Inc$325,000532%
International Women's Media Foundation$325,00034%
Friends of the Rail Park$325,000231%
Foundation for New Education Initiatives Inc$321,00037%
US Ignite Inc$317,77023%
Dimensions Variable (Dv)$309,000490%
Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce Charitable Foundation$307,00039%
City Report Inc$300,00027%
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo Inc$300,00027%
Friends of the High Line Inc$300,00021%
US Digital Response$300,00014%
Media Impact Funders Inc$300,000315%
Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund Inc$300,00022%
Que-Os$294,819660%
Public Agenda Inc$275,00020%
The German Marshall Fund of the United States$275,00030%
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc$275,00031%
San Jose Jazz$275,00034%
River Edge Foundation Inc$275,000435%
Public Art Saint Paul$275,000316%
National Association of Black Journalists$275,00053%
City of Saint Paul$274,6002n/a
Init Corporation$270,0002n/a
Montclair State University Foundation Inc$270,00031%
Kqed Inc$270,00030%
City Parks Alliance Inc$267,850310%
Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator$266,000432%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$251,2802n/a
Capital B News Inc$250,00023%
Coral Gables Cinemateque Inc$250,000125%
American Library Association$250,00010%
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship$250,00021%
Greater Public$250,00013%
Foundation for Minority Interests in Media Inc$250,00029%
Outlier Media$250,000113%
Technology Innovation Foundation of the Americas Inc$250,0001100%
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art$250,000414%
National Jewish Theater Foundation Inc$250,000183%
Play on Philly$250,00036%
Miami Dade Transit Alliance Inc$250,000148%
Worldupstart Impacts$250,000199%
mRelief$250,000129%
Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc$250,00012%
Bookleggers Library Inc$250,000252%
The Open Mind Legacy Project Inc$250,000320%
The Hastings Center Inc$250,00018%
Geraldine R Dodge Foundation Inc$250,0001n/a
Nexus Community Partners$250,00015%
Girls Who Code Inc$250,00021%
Cato Institute$250,00020%
Seedai Inc$250,000117%
Simmons University$250,00010%
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library$250,0001n/a
America Achieves Inc$250,00012%
New Bedford Light$250,00028%
Memphis Fourth Estate Inc$250,00023%
Reading Terminal Market Corporation$250,00023%
National Association of Broadcasters Leadership Foundation$250,00027%
United States Foundation for the Commemoration of World Wars$250,00012%
Institute for Citizens and Scholars$250,00012%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$250,00010%
Lookout Local Inc$250,0001n/a
The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism$250,00011%
Gehl Studio Inc$249,6001n/a
Richland County Public Library$247,00011%
The Historymakers$245,00015%
New Public Inc$242,50013%
North Akron Community Development Corp$240,000295%
Kenmore Neighborhood Alliance$240,000224%
Function Collective Inc$240,0002n/a
Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center Inc$240,00032%
Mosaic America$240,000340%
The Beacon Council Economic Development Foundation Inc$233,000141%
Authors Alliance Inc$230,737126%
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte$226,6481n/a
Building Community Value$225,728386%
Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians$225,00027%
Reboot Inc$225,000112%
Mlrc Institute$225,0003100%
Protego Press$225,000225%
Rockefeller Archive Center$224,77913%
The Coral Gables Museum Corp$224,442410%
The Clay Studio$213,10023%
The Herald Charities Inc$210,000219%
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates Inc$210,00022%
Charlotte Ballet$210,00022%
The War Horse News Inc$208,500426%
The Barnes Foundation$205,00021%
City of Duluth$201,4002n/a
World Wide Web Foundation$200,00015%
City of Akron$200,0002n/a
The American Agora Foundation Inc$200,00017%
Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc$200,00011%
The Tech Interactive$200,00011%
Haitian Neighborhood Center Sant la Inc$200,00035%
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College$200,0003n/a
Fastrack Institute Inc$200,000129%
Institute for Humane Studies$200,00020%
West Virginia University Foundation Inc$200,00020%
The 19th News$200,00022%
Saint Paul Riverfront Corporation$200,000144%
TreesCharlotte$200,00036%
Citizen University$200,0001n/a
Jefferson East Inc$200,00028%
Culture Lab Detroit$200,000220%
Open Campus Media Inc$200,00025%
Akron History Center$200,000114%
The Poetry Foundation$200,00021%
Veggielution$200,000318%
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc$200,00011%
Grameen America Inc$197,50021%
Earlyworks LLC$197,0801n/a
Syracuse University$193,39620%
Philanthropy Southeast Inc$185,56063%
The Delta Institute$185,00016%
Asian Arts Initiative$185,00036%
Technology Policy Institute$182,000111%
Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture$181,4002n/a
Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana de San Jose Incorporated$180,00038%
Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition Inc$176,87825%
Painted Bride Art Center Inc$175,000141%
Datakind Inc$175,00017%
University of Chicago$175,00020%
American Museum of the Moving Image$175,00012%
Brownbody$175,000316%
Meadowbrook School of Weston Incorporated$175,00070%
Philadelphia Museum of Art$175,00010%
American Museum of Natural History$175,00010%
Native American Journalists Association$175,000420%
American Composers Forum$174,79735%
International House$170,00030%
Middle Tennessee State University Foundation$166,00031%
Lehigh University$165,00050%
Black Girl Ventures Foundation$160,00022%
Carnegie Institute$160,00030%
The Funders Network Inc$160,00023%
Pennsylvania State University$159,0001n/a
The Philanthropy Roundtable$157,50041%
Chicken & Egg Films Inc$155,00024%
Centennial Parkside CDC$155,000311%
Seattle Public Library Foundation$155,00021%
Gray Area Foundation for the Arts$155,000111%
Kent State University Foundation$154,00030%
Esperanza Health Center Inc$151,25011%
Goodyear Arts Inc$150,0003n/a
California Walks$150,000219%
Eastern Market Corporation$150,00031%
Center for New Democratic Processes$150,000210%
Kounkuey Design Initiative Inc$150,00024%
Mint Museum of Art Inc$150,00021%
Museum of Contemporary Art$150,00011%
Mt Airy USA$150,00024%
The Food Trust$150,00021%
Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science Inc$150,00019%
San Jose Taiko Group Inc$150,000210%
Tookany Tacony Frankford Watershed Partn Ership$150,000123%
Whyy Inc$150,00030%
Allied Media Projects Inc$150,00022%
National Freedom of Information Coalition$150,000333%
Mercatus Center Inc$150,00010%
City Lights Theater Co of San Jose Inc$150,00027%
Bme Networks Inc$150,00015%
The Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth Inc$150,00015%
Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County$150,00020%
Radio & Television News Directors Foundation$150,000328%
Oasis Open$150,00015%
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance$150,00015%
Detroit Future City$149,99017%
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts$148,80020%
Brooklyn Public Library$147,00010%
Grand Forks Parks and Recreation Foundation$146,79028%
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy USA$145,00042%
McColl Center for Art Innovation$142,92027%
Freedom of the Press Foundation$140,00023%
University City District$140,00021%
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust Inc$138,50031%
National Opinion Research Center$136,08810%
Opa-Locka Community Development Corporation Inc$135,00013%
Emerson College$135,00030%
United Way of Summit and Medina$135,00050%
The Diversity Pledge Institute$135,000151%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$133,12510%
African American Community Service Agency$133,00028%
Orbmedia Inc$130,000122%
American University$130,00020%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami Inc$125,00012%
One Degree$125,0001n/a
Long Beach Journalism Initiative Inc$125,000117%
Creative Enterprise Zone$125,000284%
Trusting News Inc$125,000121%
National Urban Fellows Inc$125,00023%
Partnership for Miami Inc$125,000128%
A Better Chance Inc$125,00031%
Foundations Inc$125,00021%
Amsterdam News Educational Foundation Inc$125,0001n/a
Alliance for Youth Organizing$124,59216%
Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy$124,500214%
Third Sector New England Inc$123,00020%
Culturetrust Greater Philadelphia$122,80032%
Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation$122,50033%
American Council on Education$121,37020%
Museum Computer Network$121,000129%
Artists in Residence in Everglades Inc$120,901244%
Strong Towns$120,000121%
Online Journalism Project Incorporated$120,00019%
Florida Memorial University Inc$120,00020%
Center for Strategic and International Studies$120,00010%
The Communications Network$120,0003n/a
Florida Philanthropic Network Inc$116,10057%
Bas Fisher Invitational$115,256142%
New York Public Radio$115,00020%
Philadelphia Film Society$110,00024%
Impact Services Corporation$109,45021%
International Women's Forum Inc$109,37513%
Icivics Inc$105,00022%
Online Publishers Association Inc$104,16621%
Floor64 Inc$104,0001n/a
Dimensions Dance Theater of Miami Inc$102,848329%
Andreas H Bechtler Arts Foundation$101,00013%
Fordham University$100,00020%
City of Long Beach$100,0001n/a
Creative Many Michigan Inc$100,00019%
Historic Hampton House Community$100,000117%
International Documentary Foundation Inc$100,00011%
Xavier Cortada Foundation Inc$100,000158%
Fort Worth Report$100,00014%
Victoria Theater Arts Center dba 825 Arts$100,000232%
The Minnesota Opera$100,00021%
Long Island University$100,00010%
University of Kentucky Research Foundation$100,00010%
The Haitian Times$100,0001n/a
Rochester Institute of Technology$100,00010%
Mediators Foundation Inc$100,00024%
San Jose Public Library Foundation$100,000115%
Army War College Foundation Inc$100,00014%
The American Antitrust Institute Inc$100,00018%
Sahan Journal$100,000210%
Michigan Theater Foundation Inc$100,00012%
Penumbra Theatre Company Inc$100,00015%
Theatre Communications Group Inc$100,00011%
The Heidelberg Project$100,0001n/a
Right to Be Inc$100,000115%
Southern California Public Radio$100,00010%
Open Tone Music$100,000125%
Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation$100,00010%
Journal of Free Speech Law$100,000164%
Codella Org Inc$100,000266%
Getting Better Foundation$100,000113%
Bipartisan Policy Center Inc$100,00010%
Young Nation$100,000156%
Carole Kneeland Project for Responsible Tv Journalism$100,000411%
Japanese American Museum of San Jose$100,000128%
Freedom House$100,00020%
Camillus House Inc$100,00010%
News Leaders Association$100,000116%
Adrienne Arsht Center Trust Inc$100,00020%
American Documentary Inc$100,00012%
The Marshall Project Inc$100,00022%
International Rescue Committee INC$100,00010%
Foundation of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte$100,00020%
Mississippi State University Foundation Inc$100,00010%
Americans for the Arts Inc$100,00011%
Technically Media Inc$99,0002n/a
RHIZOME COMMUNICATIONS INC co NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART$97,50027%
Women's Network Inc$97,488140%
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts$97,00010%
Independent Sector$87,50040%
The Futuro Media Group$87,50021%
St John's University New York$85,30010%
I Am Als$85,00024%
Peer 2 Peer University Inc$85,000130%
Refresh Miami Inc$85,000327%
University of Delaware$84,17110%
Accelerated Growth Partners Inc$83,680222%
National Association of Broadcasters$83,33320%
Suny New Paltz Foundation Inc$80,00021%
Friends of Rittenhouse Square$80,00019%
Hispanics in Philanthropy$80,00050%
Elon University$78,00010%
Philadelphia Contemporary$78,00032%
Visit Macon Inc$78,00032%
Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California$75,00015%
Akron Development Corporation$75,0001n/a
Twin Cities Innovation Alliance$75,0001n/a
Chapman Partnership Inc$75,00020%
Ecotech Vision Foundation$75,0001n/a
Bragg Jam Inc$75,000310%
The Media Project$75,0001n/a
Resolve Philadelphia Inc$75,00015%
Sv Home$75,00013%
Honolulu Civil Beat Inc$75,00011%
Taikoarts Midwest$75,0001n/a
Latino Public Radio Consortium$75,0001n/a
Warrenconner Development Coalition$75,00015%
All Good Work Space Foundation$75,000127%
Communidades Latinas Unidas En Servico Inc$75,00020%
Friends of the Dallas Public Library Inc$75,00016%
International Computer Science Institute$75,00012%
Civic Nation$75,00011%
University of Denver$75,00010%
San Jose Light Tower Corporation$75,00018%
Green Foothills Foundation dba Green Foothills$75,00023%
More in Common Inc$75,00013%
Linkages and Legacies Inc$75,0001n/a
Washington Monthly Institute$75,00024%
Community Development Advocates of Detroit$75,0001n/a
Opera Cultura$75,000321%
Convergence Center for Policy Resolution$75,00013%
Cleveland Film Society$75,00012%
The Heritage Foundation$75,00010%
Stark State College Foundation$74,9001n/a
Leadership Akron$74,17718%
Progressive Alliance Community Development Corporation$73,400183%
San Jose Parks Foundation$73,00019%
The League of Creative Interventionist$72,600144%
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$72,00031%
Voice of San Diego$70,00014%
Trustees of Phillips Academy$70,00010%
Covenant Preparatory School Inc$70,00025%
The Great Northern Winter Festival$70,000111%
MinnPost$70,00014%
The Diverse Future Foundation Inc$70,000111%
The Women's Edge$70,00024%
City Theatre Inc$69,24927%
Pioneer Winter Collective Inc$68,325258%
Processing Foundation$67,8001n/a
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$65,00020%
Historical Association of Southern Florida Inc$64,00041%
Peak Grantmaking Inc$62,50061%
Avenue North Renaissance$61,50018%
Miami Dade Community Action & Human Services$60,0002n/a
Aid for AIDS International Inc$60,00040%
Block Club Chicago Nfp$60,00015%
Akron Children's Hospital Foundation$60,00050%
The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library$60,00022%
Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse Inc$60,00013%
Ransom Everglades School Inc$60,00030%
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts$55,43010%
Hartford Youth Scholars Inc$55,00022%
Macon-Bibb Law Enforcement Foundation$55,000152%
City Fabrick$55,000116%
Christmas in the Park$55,00015%
Emerson Umbrella Inc$55,00070%
Lorien Academy of the Arts Inc$53,7001n/a
Sparkmacon Inc$53,000153%
Archbishop Hoban High School Inc$52,5004n/a
Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse Inc$52,0831n/a
Stars Friends Arts Inc$51,850179%
Philanthropy Ohio$50,50031%
Association for Public Art$50,00012%
Trustees of Purdue University$50,0001n/a
North End Community Coalition$50,0001n/a
University City Science Center$50,00010%
National Coalition Against Censorship Inc$50,00012%
Coded By$50,000111%
The Freedom Forum Inc$50,00011%
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation$50,00010%
University of Washington$50,0001n/a
New Michigan Media$50,000145%
Miami Technology Institute Corporation$50,0001n/a
Regents of the University of California$50,0001n/a
Human Rights Watch Inc$50,00010%
Talk Tech Association$50,000118%
Seraphic Fire Inc$50,00013%
Grantmakers in the Arts$50,00013%
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Chicago Cred Inc$50,00010%
Newport Art Museum and Art Association$50,00013%
Crystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc$50,00010%
Sustain Charlotte Inc$50,000110%
Mixed Blood Theatre Company$50,0001n/a
Society for News Design Foundation Inc$50,000132%
Lawrence Technological University$50,00010%
American Action Forum Inc$50,00011%
The Brookings Institution$50,00010%
Wiki Society of Washington DC Inc$50,0001n/a
Democracy a Journal of Ideas Inc$50,00019%
American Affairs Foundation Inc$50,00016%
Rutgers University Foundation$50,00010%
Mighty Writers$50,00014%
Nash$50,00011%
Spelman College$50,00020%
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford$50,00011%
Museum of Art and History at the McPherson Center$50,00012%
Technology Association of Grantmakers Inc$50,00043%
Convent of the Sacred Heart of Miami Inc$50,0003n/a
Ocmulgee Mounds Association Inc$50,000127%
Centro Community Partners$50,00016%
Danceusa$45,00012%
Villanova University$45,00010%
The Concord Independent Foundation Inc$45,00032%
Mentors Project of Bibb County Inc$45,00073%
Greater Miami Youth Symphony of Dade County Florida Inc$44,7421n/a
Queens University of Charlotte$44,55010%
Musicall Inc$44,47513%
Miami Theater Center Inc$44,34215%
The Florida State University Foundation Inc$44,26410%
Zoetic Stage Inc$44,24915%
Fundarte Inc$43,87515%
Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach Inc$43,68813%
Goodwood Museum and Gardens Inc$43,29219%
Boca Raton Historical Society Inc$42,78615%
Bay Area Older Adults Inc$42,705210%
Benzaiten Center for Creative Arts Inc$42,59215%
Ifcm Corp$42,582110%
San Jose State University Research Foundation$41,51510%
Lemoyne Art Foundation Inc$41,16813%
Centro Cultural Espanol de Cooperac Iberoamericana Inc$40,78518%
Arts & Business Council of Miami Inc$40,51916%
Tedxmia Inc$40,000127%
Karimu International Help Foundation$40,00024%
Southminster Inc$40,00010%
Charlotte Bilingual Learning Center$40,00040%
School of Visual Philosophy Inc$40,0001n/a
Diocese of Southeast Florida Inc St Philips Episcopal Church$40,0004n/a
Hartford International University for Religion and Peace$40,00011%
Aid For Life International Inc$40,000155%
Christopher Columbus High School$40,0004n/a
One Voice Mixed Chorus$40,000113%
Young Black Leadership Alliance$40,00041%
City of Boynton Beach$36,8781n/a
Theatre Tallahassee Inc$36,31017%
American Association of Museums$36,30010%
Orchestra Miami Inc$35,85718%
Coding It Forward Inc$35,000128%
Macon Volunteer Clinic Inc$35,00051%
Physicians Care Clinic Inc$35,00033%
Public Design Studio$35,000217%
National Digital Inclusion Alliance$35,0001n/a
National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association$35,00022%
Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation$35,00022%
Artpop$35,000122%
Southwest Harbor Public Library$35,00016%
Alimenta la Solidaridad Inc$35,00031%
Les Ailes Du Desir Foundation Inc$34,89613%
The Fabric Workshop and Museum$34,32011%
The Murray Dranoff Foundation$34,25026%
Florida Association of Museums Foundation Inc$33,981124%
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center$33,94516%
Florida School Music Association Inc$32,38916%
Making Light Productions Inc$31,24217%
Artprize Grand Rapids$30,00011%
Communities In Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Inc$30,00030%
Inside Climate News Inc$30,00010%
Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism & Mass Communications$30,000110%
The Oscar Cintas Foundation Inc$30,0002n/a
Prep for Prep$30,00030%
Epic Immersive Labs$30,000119%
Concord Free Public Library Corporation$30,00041%
Commissioner$30,0001n/a
Partners for Parks Inc$30,0001n/a
Florida Atlantic University Foundation Inc$29,13210%
National Minority Supplier Development Council Inc$28,35030%
Spady Cultural Heritage Museum Inc$28,15814%
Gold Coast Railroad Museum Inc$28,10919%
Cycles for Change$27,5001n/a
Minnesota Council on Foundations$26,90031%
Association of Alternative Newsmedia$26,00015%
Florida Film Institute Inc$25,69918%
John Gilmore Riley Foundation Inc$25,51616%
Ayiti Community Trust Inc$25,00014%
Campus Clubs Inc$25,00033%
Leadership Philadelphia$25,0001n/a
Minnesota Historical Society$25,00010%
100reporters$25,00016%
Georgia Crowdfund Inc$25,0001n/a
Out in Tech Inc$25,00013%
Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia Regional Foundation$25,0001n/a
Jk Knights Foundation$25,00016%
Boston Ballet Inc$25,00020%
Michigan State University$25,0001n/a
The Urban Land Institute$25,00010%
Rescue Mission of Middle Georgia Inc$25,00030%
The Institute for Philanthropic Leadership$25,0002n/a
Voteorg$25,00011%
The Data Foundation Inc$25,00017%
Injustice Watch NFP$25,00011%
Literacy Partners Inc$25,00011%
The University of Georgia Foundation$25,00010%
The Exploratorium$25,00010%
United Way of Central Georgia Inc$25,00030%
Kent State University$25,0001n/a
University of Arkansas Foundation Inc$25,00010%
The Schott Foundation for Public Education$25,00011%
Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement$25,00015%
Consumer Reports Inc$25,00010%
Rmh of Akroninc$25,00011%
Charlotte Regional Partnership Inc$25,0001n/a
New America Alliance Institute$25,000137%
Civic Hall Labs Inc$25,00011%
Dance Now Ensemble Inc$24,76617%
Chopin Foundation of the United States Inc$23,96015%
Miami Chamber Music Society$23,681113%
4WARD Miami Inc$23,4031n/a
Council of Michigan Foundations$23,40030%
Good Company Group Inc$23,0001n/a
Ballet Palm Beach Inc$22,73312%
South Florida Youth Symphony Inc$22,31117%
Patrons of Exceptional Artistsinc$21,29815%
Ballet Flamenco la Rosa Inc$20,84115%
Reflections of Manatee Inc$20,262116%
Childrens Voice Chorus Inc$20,22613%
Southern Shakespeare Company$20,12217%
Rise Kern Cultural Productions$20,1221n/a
ArtsPlus$20,00021%
Aspiration Aspirationtechorg$20,00010%
New England Baseball Club Inc$20,00041%
Community Partnership Inc$20,0001n/a
Hartford Hospital$20,00010%
Miami Children's Health System Inc$20,00010%
Swords to Plowshares Veterans Rights Organization$20,00010%
Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center$20,00040%
Project Information Literacy Inc$20,000143%
Ydn Foundation Inc$20,00026%
Frontline Response International Inc$20,00040%
Glide Foundation$20,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$20,00010%
Macon Pops Inc$20,000113%
Friends of Acadia$20,00040%
The Crucible$20,00011%
Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc$20,00020%
Middle Georgia Soccer Association Dba Macon Soccer Club$20,00022%
The Miami Center for Racial Justice Inc$20,00016%
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Society Inc$20,00020%
Kimmel Center Inc$20,00010%
Georgia Public Safety Foundation Inc$20,00025%
567 Center for Renewal$20,000119%
Blck Vc$20,00030%
Rockendinc$20,000417%
Hht Foundation$20,00030%
Association of Research Libraries$20,00010%
Florida Art Education Association Inc$19,85618%
Arca Images Inc$19,83214%
M Ensemble Company Inc$19,62516%
Museum Contemporary Art of America Inc$19,53019%
Illuminarts Inc$19,448117%
Edge Zones Inc$19,241111%
Peter London Global Dance Company I Nc$19,22317%
Aequalis Inc dba The Core Ensemble$19,03318%
The Opera Atelier Inc$19,03316%
Across Missionsinc$18,567119%
Minnesota Architectural Foundation$18,500113%
Miano Academy of Art Inc$18,49217%
Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami Inc$18,3591n/a
El Ingenio Inc$17,83115%
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Miami Inc$17,50040%
Access Inc$17,50021%
Macon Film Festival Inc$17,50028%
The Western Youth Network Inc$17,00010%
Karen Peterson and Dancers Inc$16,942113%
Tl Tango Lovers Organization Inc$16,80319%
Tallahassee Bach Parley Inc$15,843112%
Alhambra Music Inc$15,358112%
Artsouth a Not-For-Profit Corporation$15,11917%
The Bainbridge Recovery Club$15,000310%
The Japan Society of Boston Inc$15,00013%
Squashbusters Inc$15,00030%
Capitolriver Council District 17$15,000116%
Guitars Over Guns Organization Inc$15,0001n/a
Simsbury Abc Program Inc$15,000111%
Council for Childrens Rights Inc$15,00020%
Squash and Education Alliance Inc$15,00020%
International Senior Lawyers'Corporation$15,0001n/a
Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Association Inc$15,00010%
South Florida Progress Foundation Inc$14,75033%
Creation Art Center Inc$13,2251n/a
Miami Short Film Festival Inc$13,18518%
The Tallahassee Community Chorus Inc$12,77119%
Donorschooseorg$12,75010%
621 Gallery Incorporated$12,488118%
Friends of South Florida Music Inc$12,37314%
Civic Chorale of Greater Miami Inc$12,32119%
Sanctuary of the Arts Inc$12,18812%
Artefactus Cultural Project Inc$12,05816%
Resource Depot Inc$12,00611%
The Miami Girls Foundation Inc$12,0001n/a
Cuatrogatos Foundation Inc$11,928133%
Women Photographers International Archive Inc$11,74315%
Conecta Miami Arts Inc$11,73419%
Name Publications Inc$11,46518%
Main Street Players Inc$11,38419%
New York Historical Society$11,38110%
Primer Acto Florida Foundation Inc$11,248114%
Fire Haus Projects Inc$10,9441n/a
The Kansas University Endowment Association$10,00010%
Exchange for Change Inc$10,000117%
The Cleveland Modern Dance Association$10,00011%
South Florida Public Media Group Inc$10,00010%
The Peace Studio$10,00021%
Middle Georgia Community Food Bank$10,00020%
The Library Foundation of Los Angeles$10,00010%
Creative Commons Corporation$10,00011%
Martin Luther King Jr-Los Angeles Healthcare Corporation$10,00010%
Center for Applied Theater and Active Culture$10,00018%
The Chamber Music Society of Ohio$10,000152%
Asian AmericansPacific Islanders in Philanthropy Inc$10,00010%
Morehouse College$10,00010%
TheArtBlog Inc$10,000111%
The Crossing Inc$10,00011%
Highland Square Neighborhood Assocation$10,0002n/a
Heart to Heart Leadership Inc$10,00021%
Inner-City Muslim Action Network$10,00010%
Jazz Association of Macon Inc$10,0001n/a
The Breakthrough Collaborative$10,00010%
Dth Media Corporation$10,00012%
Headlong Dance Theater Inc$10,00013%
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$10,00010%
Chamber Music Silicon Valley$10,0001n/a
Black Ensemble Theater Corporation$10,00011%
Northern California Grantmakers$10,00010%
Vcfamilia$10,00012%
Tuesday Musical Association$10,00012%
Teach for America Inc$10,00010%
Philadelphia Theatre Company$10,00010%
Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc$10,00010%
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic Inc$10,00010%
Armour Dance Theatre Inc$10,00010%
Umar Services Inc$10,0002n/a
Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra Inc$10,00018%
Private School Village$10,00022%
Society of Professional Journalists Foundation Inc$10,00011%
San Francisco Public Press$10,00014%
Middle Georgia State University Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Rotary Camp for Children With Special Needs Inc$10,00021%
The Carnegie Hall Corporation$10,00010%
The University Corporation$10,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Georgia Inc$10,00020%
Rair Inc$10,00016%
Performance Garage Inc$10,00012%
Doral Contemporary Art Museum Inc$9,58412%
The Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival Inc$9,439110%
EnhanceAbility$8,261121%
Troop of Actors Inc$8,052115%
Dance Artist Alliance Clt$7,0001n/a
The Masterworks Chorus of the Palm Beaches Inc$6,526110%
Global Arts Project Inc$6,22314%
Lake Worth Beach Cultural Renaissance Foundation Inc$5,33713%
Loaves And Fishes Ministry$5,00011%
Join Freeworld Inc$5,0001n/a
Harmony House Inc$5,00011%
Inclusive Action for the City$5,00010%
Boy Scouts of America 96 Central Ga Council$5,00011%
Grid110 Inc$5,00011%
American Philosophical Society$5,00010%
Downtown Doral Charter Schools Foundation Inc$5,00013%
The Human Trafficking Legal Center$5,00011%
Truly Reaching You Inc$5,00010%
The Dusable Black History Museum and Education Center$5,00010%
Strategies for Youth$5,00011%
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc$5,00010%
The Golden Rule Inc$5,00012%
St Francis Center of Redwood City$5,00010%
Lgbt Vc$5,00013%
Akron Zoological Park$5,00010%
Dev Color$5,00010%
Institute for Latino Progress$5,00010%
Gina Gibney Dance Inc$5,00010%
Collective Shift$5,00010%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Charlotte$5,00010%
Latinos Progresando$5,00010%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Educating Students Together Inc$5,00010%
Macon Georgia Cherry Blossom Festival$5,00011%
Family Counseling Center of Central Georgia Inc$5,00011%
Embarcadero Media Foundation$5,00010%
Living Through Giving Foundation$5,00010%
Los Angeles Urban League$5,00010%
Greater Akron Amenities Inc$5,0001n/a
Macon Symphony Orchestra Inc$5,00012%
Defy Ventures Inc$5,00010%
Alyans Atizay Ayisyen Inc Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance$5,00016%
Youth Success Summit$5,00011%
Asheville Creative Arts Inc$5,00011%
Boston Area Reggio Inspired Network Inc$5,0001n/a
Community AIDS NetworkAkron Pride Initi$5,00010%
Rosie's Theater Kids Inc$5,00010%
Museum of Aviation at Robins AFB Georgia Foundation Inc$5,00010%
For the Struggle Inc$5,00010%
Southern Tennis Patrons Foundation$5,00011%
Hope and Healing Survivor Resource Center$5,00010%
Witness Inc$5,00010%
Florida Nonprofit Alliance Inc$5,0001n/a
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment$5,00010%
Internet Archive$5,00010%
We Love Foundation Inc$5,00011%
Dress for Success Charlotte$5,00010%
Love Akron Inc$5,00011%
Lyric Opera of Chicago$5,00010%
Skytruth$5,00010%
Partners for Artisans Inc$5,0001n/a
Global Witness Foundation$5,00010%
Fractured Atlas Inc$5,00010%
International Soap Box Derby Inc$5,00010%
Goodie Nation Inc$5,00011%
BayHaven Community$5,0001n/a
Jewish Family Service of Greater Hartford Inc$5,00010%
Alliance for Children's Rights$5,00010%
Stewart's Caring Place Inc and Subsidiary$5,00011%
Electronic Privacy Information Center$5,00010%
Fundacion Educativa Carlos M Castaneda Inc$3,500122%
Friends of the Miami-Dade Public Library Inc$1,9791n/a
Jorge Mas Canosa Freedom Foundation$1,00010%
Opportunity Parish Ecumenical Neighborhood Ministry$1,0001n/a
Great Trail Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc$1,00010%
The Oak Clinic$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 294 recipients with no EIN on record ($97M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

John S and James L Knight Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 119 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe University of Akron Foundation: $12,319,000 over 4y, 72% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $10,853,025 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFoundation for Detroit's Future: $10,507,500 over 7y, 9.0% of budgetGeorgetown University: $8,571,877 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe Int'L Center for Journalists Inc: $8,504,560 over 7y, 45% of budgetThe Pew Charitable Trusts: $7,600,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetThe Groundtruth Project Inc: $7,050,000 over 7y, 19% of budgetFlorida International University Foundation Inc: $6,790,875 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetThe Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Asset Fund of Tpf: $6,718,500 over 3y, 14% of budgetPro Publica Inc: $6,354,133 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetOhio & Erie Canalway Coalition: $5,909,560 over 5y, 30% of budgetAkron Art Museum: $5,875,329 over 7y, 25% of budgetInstitute for Nonprofit News: $5,850,873 over 6y, 19% of budgetCraig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism Cuny Foundation Inc: $5,526,334 over 7y, 12% of budgetNew York University: $5,330,152 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Well Community Development Corporation: $5,240,000 over 6y, 47% of budgetFairmount Park Conservancy: $5,195,000 over 3y, 32% of budgetCommittee to Protect Journalists Inc: $4,975,015 over 6y, 16% of budgetDemocracy Works Inc: $4,850,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetMiami Dade College Foundation Inc: $4,793,696 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetThe George Washington University: $4,785,899 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNews Revenue Hub Inc: $4,775,000 over 7y, 38% of budgetUniversity of Washington Foundation: $4,677,932 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCenter for Democracy and Technology: $4,312,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetCharlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation: $4,260,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetThe News Literacy Project Inc: $4,210,000 over 6y, 41% of budgetMiami City Ballet Inc: $4,195,500 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetSolutions Journalism Network Inc: $4,136,942 over 6y, 22% of budgetNavicent Health Foundation Inc: $4,000,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetData & Society Research Institute Inc: $3,952,878 over 6y, 15% of budgetNew World Symphony Inc: $3,921,667 over 7y, 10% of budgetNational Trust for Local News: $3,782,500 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetJorge M Perez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County Inc: $3,696,666 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetLyrasis: $3,624,687 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetThe Corporation of Mercer University: $3,502,962 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetGreater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc: $3,440,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetLocal Media Foundation: $3,420,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetMotown Historical Musuem Inc: $3,250,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetThe Poynter Institute for Media Studies Inc: $3,231,680 over 7y, 9.2% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $3,177,682 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetDetroit Symphony Orchestra Inc: $3,131,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetInstitute of Contemporary Art Miami Inc: $3,107,600 over 6y, 8.9% of budgetProject Tf: $3,080,000 over 4y, 28% of budgetDowntown Akron Partnership: $2,993,170 over 4y, 63% of budgetJacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc: $2,797,500 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetNewtown Macon Inc: $2,785,588 over 6y, 18% of budgetArizona State University Foundation for a New American University: $2,764,704 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetR Street Institute: $2,735,112 over 5y, 6.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Miami Foundation IncFL89.1× affinity201 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Miami Foundation Inc · Democracy Fund Inc · Institute for Nonprofit News · Gar Foundation · Fifty Over Fifty Inc · The Kirk Foundation · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · The Ford Foundation · The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Asset Fund of Tpf · The William Penn Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Hudson-Webber Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About John S and James L Knight Foundation

How much does John S and James L Knight Foundation give?
John S and James L Knight Foundation reported 513 grants totaling $147,682,903 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 300 and 437 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does John S and James L Knight Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (29%), Education (22%), Philanthropy (18%).
Who are John S and James L Knight Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The University of Akron Foundation ($12M), University of Miami ($11M), Foundation for Detroit's Future ($11M).
Does John S and James L Knight Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does John S and James L Knight Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as John S and James L Knight Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Miami Foundation Inc, Democracy Fund Inc, Institute for Nonprofit News.
Where is John S and James L Knight Foundation based?
John S and James L Knight Foundation is based in FL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 1316 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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